Aaron Roberson

Ordinary Sapphire

They called me ordinary

like I was some dusty-ass stone

kicked around in the gutter

no shine, no throne

 

Like I wasn’t carved under pressure

like I didn’t survive every crack

like I didn’t stitch my own soul together

when the world tried to rip it black

 

See, I’m a sapphire

not your glass-ass glitter fake

I’m pressure-born beauty

with a goddamn earthquake in my wake

 

I’ve been buried in silence

choked down every scream

told “be smaller, be softer”

like I’m not allowed to fucking dream

 

But listen—

I am not your quiet little gemstone

I am not your “just okay” blue

I am oceans with teeth

I am storms breaking through

 

They said, “You’re too much”

yeah? then why the hell you staring?

Why your eyes catch fire

when my truth starts flaring?

 

You want ordinary?

Go find it in a mirror that lies

in a life that plays safe

in a soul that complies

 

But me?

I’m sharp edges and deep hues

I’m the kind of rare they try to refuse

’cause I don’t sit pretty in cages or rules

 

I bleed brilliance

I spit defiance

I turned my pain into radiant violence

 

So nah—

don’t call me ordinary

don’t shrink me to size

 

I’m a sapphire, bitch

cut from survival

polished by lies

 

And I shine—

not soft, not small, not sorry, not tame

 

I shine like a warning

like a wildfire with a name 🔥